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Re: Deprecating mv's --reply={yes,no,query} option


From: James Youngman
Subject: Re: Deprecating mv's --reply={yes,no,query} option
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 11:00:02 +0100
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.9i

On Thu, Jun 30, 2005 at 09:51:30AM +0100, Tim Waugh wrote:

> Some Linux distributions have alias rm="rm -i" for root, and the way
> to avoid the prompt then is --reply=yes.  It's useful to have an
> option that undoes the effect of '-i', IMHO.

Alternatives:
        # /bin/rm foo
        # unalias rm

I prefer the second.  The alias becomes a handicap as soon as you
start to rely on it, especially in a heterogeneous environment.

James.




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